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Nana follows two 20-year-old women who share a first name and very little else. Nana Komatsu, soon nicknamed Hachi, is a warm, impulsive romantic moving to Tokyo to be near her boyfriend. Nana Osaki is a guarded punk singer heading to the capital to make it with her band. They meet on the Shinkansen, run into each other again while flat-hunting and end up sharing apartment 707. The cast falls into three circles: Black Stones (BLAST), Nana Osaki's band; Trapnest, a hugely popular rock band with close ties to Black Stones; and the friends Hachi already has in Tokyo. This page covers 12 characters, from the two heroines to both bands and Hachi's friends. Each profile stays with how the character is introduced early on, with no spoilers for the later story.
Nana Osaki is the lead singer of the punk band Black Stones and one of the two heroines. She sets off for Tokyo alone on her 20th birthday, determined to make it in music. Proud, tough and quick-tempered, she wears punk fashion with Vivienne Westwood accessories, and people around her call her the queen. Her friendship with Hachi is the heart of the story. Japanese voice: Romi Park; singing voice: Anna Tsuchiya.
Nana Komatsu is the other heroine. She moves to Tokyo at 20 to be with her boyfriend Shoji and her best friend Junko. Nana Osaki nicknames her Hachi, after the famously loyal dog Hachikō, because she is affectionate, devoted and a bit clingy. Hachi falls in love easily, lets her imagination run wild and blames every stroke of bad luck on a 'demon lord' she imagines is out to get her. Japanese voice: Kaori.
Nobuo Terashima, known as Nobu, plays guitar and writes music for Black Stones. He was Nana Osaki's best friend in high school. The son of a family that runs a traditional inn, he turned down taking over the business to follow her to Tokyo, and his family cut him off for it. Gentle and friendly, he gets on with almost everyone, doesn't smoke and can barely handle a drink. Japanese voice: Tomokazu Seki.
Shinichi Okazaki, or Shin, joins the reformed Black Stones as bassist, taking the spot Ren once held. He told the band he was 18, but he is really 15; they decided to keep him anyway. Raised in Sweden, he is still new to some Japanese customs, yet he is perceptive and mature for his age. He confides in Nobu and treats Hachi almost like a mother. Japanese voice: Akira Ishida.
Yasushi Takagi, called Yasu, is the drummer and leader of Black Stones, the band he started back home. He was training at a law firm before putting that on hold to move to Tokyo for the band, and he still handles its business and money. Calm and dependable, he is the one everyone trusts, and he acts like an older brother to Nana. He grew up in the same orphanage as Ren. Japanese voice: Yoshihisa Kawahara.
Ren Honjo is Trapnest's guitarist and writes the band's songs, which Takumi then arranges. Before that he played bass in the original Black Stones and was Nana Osaki's boyfriend, until he accepted Trapnest's invitation and left for Tokyo. He grew up in an orphanage alongside Yasu and taught himself guitar by practising alone every night, even though people call him a natural genius. Japanese voice: Hidenobu Kiuchi.
Takumi Ichinose is Trapnest's bassist and leader, and the one who named the band. He arranges every song Ren writes and works constantly, putting Trapnest's image and success ahead of almost everything. At 23 he is handsome, self-assured and known for his charm, and he rarely does TV shows or other non-music work. He has known Ren and Reira since middle school. Japanese voice: Toshiyuki Morikawa.
Reira Serizawa is Trapnest's singer and lyricist. She is 22 and half American, half Japanese, although publicly the band presents her as Japanese. People around her call her the princess, and her voice is a big part of why the band is so popular. She has been close to Takumi since they were young and is frustrated that he values her mostly as Trapnest's image. Japanese voice: Aya Hirano; singing voice: Olivia Lufkin.
Naoki Fujieda is Trapnest's drummer, the second to hold the job. Sharp-tongued and fond of teasing others, he got into music in middle school because of Takumi, and he is keen to see where Takumi's plans for the band lead. Away from the stage he is on good terms with Yasu, his drumming counterpart in Black Stones. Japanese voice: Anri Katsu.
Shoji Endo is Hachi's boyfriend and the main reason she moves to Tokyo. They met through art school back home, and he went to the capital first after getting into an art university, working as a waiter in a restaurant to pay his way. He was raised by his grandmother. Hachi's plan to build a life near him sets the first episodes in motion. Japanese voice: Hiroki Takahashi.
Junko Saotome is Hachi's best friend from high school and moved to Tokyo to study art. Level-headed and blunt, she often lectures Hachi and pushes her to stand on her own two feet, so their friends joke that she is Hachi's mother. The anime's three recap specials are titled 'Junko's Room' after her. Japanese voice: Takako Honda.
Kyosuke Takakura is Shoji's best friend and Junko's boyfriend. Laid-back and perceptive, he is a friend to both Hachi and Shoji and tends to see what is going on between people before they say it. With Junko, he completes the small circle of friends Hachi relies on during her first months in Tokyo. Japanese voice: Junichi Suwabe.
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